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the overlap between food network viewers and the obama voters is pretty much totaled. on the previous owners were more space in the 2008 election cycle. a true story to it i took a little friend of mine to dinner one night after he left his fabulous manhattan co-op to visit me in the suburbs of long island. i didn't want to freakin' out sallai took him to dinner at caruthers, the strip mall trader eight. he pored over the menu for a full 15 minutes analyzing every dish, every ingredient. when the waiter came over body was ready and starts growing hammes raised or fresh caught. the mashed potatoes come with what kind of cream used in the whipped potatoes cannot substitute for the penne this was a kid from a local high school he might have been 19-years-old he field of the quiz and my buddy one up boarding a plane he barely touched and i am convinced the reason the liberals get wrapped up around the axle over food is that they have too much time on their hands. the reason they have to much time on their hands is the same reason they live in the city and on the suburbs li
the overlap between food network viewers and the obama voters is pretty much totaled. on the previous owners were more space in the 2008 election cycle. a true story to it i took a little friend of mine to dinner one night after he left his fabulous manhattan co-op to visit me in the suburbs of long island. i didn't want to freakin' out sallai took him to dinner at caruthers, the strip mall trader eight. he pored over the menu for a full 15 minutes analyzing every dish, every ingredient. when...
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at the beginning of the obama administration, president obama right out o the gate made gun trafficking and taking on these mexican cartels a top priority. he was in mexico within three months of his inauguration. hillary clinton was there, eric holder was there, and they were all pushing that 90% of guns found in mexico and linked to these violent crime scenes come from mom and pop gun stores in the united states. well, that's not true. wikileaks, actually, released a bunch of state department cables that show that that's a flat-out lie. state department cables. hillary clinton is the secretary of state, and yet she was still quoting this pirg. this figure. and so instead of taking a step back and saying, you know, these cartels are actually getting their guns from china, central america, they're not coming to regulated mom and pop dealers to get their guns. they instead decided to flood mexico with guns, and the way this worked was they went to the gun dealers, and they said you need to help your country by selling to these traffickers who come in to buy guns. gun dealers say, okay, w
at the beginning of the obama administration, president obama right out o the gate made gun trafficking and taking on these mexican cartels a top priority. he was in mexico within three months of his inauguration. hillary clinton was there, eric holder was there, and they were all pushing that 90% of guns found in mexico and linked to these violent crime scenes come from mom and pop gun stores in the united states. well, that's not true. wikileaks, actually, released a bunch of state department...
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the census was carried by 410,000 votes for president obama. new hampshire win for obama by 68,000. a smaller number, but smaller state. fewer votes to pick up. i will let for obama by 136,000 votes and colorado went for one by 130,000. i told those up because the total up to about 2 million. for mitt romney to win the presidency he has to change about 0 million mines. he has to take 2 million of those voters in change and million of their minds. actually ferlies do. a very small number. do you realize that the campaign will spend approximately $2 billion on each side, more than $2,000 per vote will be spent. into those campaigns -- and three other states matter a little bit. michigan, nevada, and mexico. if they come on for its home state son romney, the election is over. nevada, new mexico, very difficult to imagine going for romney at this point. it might go in a landslide. at the they will, but that's not where you bet the farm. here's how you get to the romney 270. he is going to win florida, and i know you follow the polls, some of you do. it says it neck-and-neck. the head ba
the census was carried by 410,000 votes for president obama. new hampshire win for obama by 68,000. a smaller number, but smaller state. fewer votes to pick up. i will let for obama by 136,000 votes and colorado went for one by 130,000. i told those up because the total up to about 2 million. for mitt romney to win the presidency he has to change about 0 million mines. he has to take 2 million of those voters in change and million of their minds. actually ferlies do. a very small number. do you...
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>>> he credits president obama's behind the scene's advisers with many of the decisions made in the country. he sits down tonight at 10 eastern and sunday night at nine eastern on c-span2. >> superintendent on schools presents her thoughts on how to improve the american educational system. [applause] >> first i thank the business leaders for allowing me to share my vision in education. i also want to recognize some of the groups or organizations that i provide service and support, aka, alpha kappa alpha, the urban league and the urban kneel, and the national association for the mentally ill, thank you for being here. i'm patricia pick m, author of "are you in a pickle j ifs, and i'm the first graduate in my family. i was classed on the basis of where i lived, my zip code, and tracked on what my parents did or did not did, and i was tracked on the by sis of my race i'm extremely passionate in ensuring that every student in every classroom in every school across america has an opportunity to be successful, to have choices. how many of you have children in school? raise your hand. grandchildre
>>> he credits president obama's behind the scene's advisers with many of the decisions made in the country. he sits down tonight at 10 eastern and sunday night at nine eastern on c-span2. >> superintendent on schools presents her thoughts on how to improve the american educational system. [applause] >> first i thank the business leaders for allowing me to share my vision in education. i also want to recognize some of the groups or organizations that i provide service and...
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bearlike barack obama. the flipside of that was when do i not film and a lot of times that also had to do with -- who the president was talking to. we could film him doing whatever, telling someone off in the archive section would be full of it. if you are looking for that, we have got it. the two times there were people in the room who we wanted to make sure would respond to the president with accurate information. other elected officials and congress people. they shouldn't feel like they are under the gun. they might not be used to them may not have the same temper his barack obama does and is not fair to jump at them. i remember feeling bad after budget debate -- remember when the government almost shut down? don't worry, it's coming back with the same being every night. they would all get together and talk about whatever and i was getting pretty bored with the whole situation because it was always a tenet night and nothing much doing. i would try to get the best angle and there was no one one in west wi
bearlike barack obama. the flipside of that was when do i not film and a lot of times that also had to do with -- who the president was talking to. we could film him doing whatever, telling someone off in the archive section would be full of it. if you are looking for that, we have got it. the two times there were people in the room who we wanted to make sure would respond to the president with accurate information. other elected officials and congress people. they shouldn't feel like they are...
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>>host: at election time is at the view foreboding four gary johnson, mitt romney your barack obama? >> i myself them a strong on paul supporter. i am considering voting for gary johnson. libertarians are disenfranchised with the two-party system and are trying to find the best way to agitate. ron paul was great. gary johnson is doing his part that it many agree that he could be true to its principles once in the system because of the people are so stacked against them that we need to focus on persuasion and allow people to take care of themselves. i know focusing on the presidential election has that this outcome even with ron paul involved other than finding ways to present issues to think about liberty not to legislate or impose liberty but avenues to spread the message more effectively. >>host: why do you write about natural law? >> it is an easy term for those were not religious those to be freed from restraints in the right side come from the humanity so god has given us the rights. view talk to that acs is say different definition that the right soon come from us, not governme
>>host: at election time is at the view foreboding four gary johnson, mitt romney your barack obama? >> i myself them a strong on paul supporter. i am considering voting for gary johnson. libertarians are disenfranchised with the two-party system and are trying to find the best way to agitate. ron paul was great. gary johnson is doing his part that it many agree that he could be true to its principles once in the system because of the people are so stacked against them that we need...
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washington post associate editor bob bob woodward recounts congress and the obama administration's attempts to restore the u.s. economy over the last three-and-a-half years. look for these titles in bookstores this coming week and watch for the authors in the near future on booktv and on booktv.org. >> up next on booktv, former north chicago superintendent of schools patricia pickles presents her thoughts on how to improve the american educational systemment -- system. [applause] >> first, i thank the business leaders for allowing me to share my visit -- vision in education. i also want to recognize some of the groups or organizations that i provide service and support, aka, alpha capita alpha -- kappa alpha, the urban league and the urban league guild, and the national association for the mentally ill. thank you for being here. i am patricia pickles, the author of "are you in a pickle? : lessons along the way, student performance and achievement gaps." i am the first college graduate from if my immediate family. when i was in high school, i was tracked into general classes, i was tracked o
washington post associate editor bob bob woodward recounts congress and the obama administration's attempts to restore the u.s. economy over the last three-and-a-half years. look for these titles in bookstores this coming week and watch for the authors in the near future on booktv and on booktv.org. >> up next on booktv, former north chicago superintendent of schools patricia pickles presents her thoughts on how to improve the american educational systemment -- system. [applause] >>...
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horrible in the areas they don't do well and coming meeting romney is horrible on civil liberties and obama is horrible when it comes to dollars and cents. >> as a libertarian now, is it a little tougher to get media attention away from the two-party system and especially as the campaign goes on this fall? >> speaking for myself personally, there's probably been a 30% pickup in attention given, making the switch. so now, i think just the opposite, that it has picked up an unbelieving that when people come to recognize there is going to be three candidates on the ballot in all 50 states come in maybe one of those three, and that is going to go a long way towards garnering just a little bit of who is that person along with ron polsky pain coming to an end and by his own admission, he says is coming to an end i think that ron paul supporters would not be compromised the ergo they vote for the libertarian ticket, myself and judge jim gray. >> gary johnson, 2012 is the website.com i should say. and here is the cover of governor johnson's new book, "seven principles of good government: liberty, p
horrible in the areas they don't do well and coming meeting romney is horrible on civil liberties and obama is horrible when it comes to dollars and cents. >> as a libertarian now, is it a little tougher to get media attention away from the two-party system and especially as the campaign goes on this fall? >> speaking for myself personally, there's probably been a 30% pickup in attention given, making the switch. so now, i think just the opposite, that it has picked up an...
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this is obsession with obama as a person. it's what others have called them, the phrase in the book, the of the ring obama. have to prove he's not like this. some of it of course is the color of his skin. he's black and we're why. is the first african-american president, but also he's not a true american. the whole birth certificate nonsense but all this showed that he is again something different, something else, something foreign. it's really this obsession to say, to try to destroy president barack obama person. dan horowitz, one of the most conservative commentators out there, actually calls it, he himself calls it the obama derangement syndrome. they just can't help themselves. i do know how many of you heard about this, it goes on. last week the leading federal judge in montana sends out an e-mail on his official judicial e-mail account to his friends this a joke about little old rock obama asking his mom, why am i black in your white? and she says for all know -- for all i know about your father, i'm surprised he didn'
this is obsession with obama as a person. it's what others have called them, the phrase in the book, the of the ring obama. have to prove he's not like this. some of it of course is the color of his skin. he's black and we're why. is the first african-american president, but also he's not a true american. the whole birth certificate nonsense but all this showed that he is again something different, something else, something foreign. it's really this obsession to say, to try to destroy president...
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and not to were the president obama came around. that pain he stopped when because it didn't really show what was in his heart, he is now wearing near his heart today just about every day. it's one of those cheesy things you just have to do as president i guess. when he returns to civilian life, soon i hope rather than later -- [applause] i think, i suspect you think he will like most is ditching that a knowing little pin once and for all. maybe he could replace nations flag pin. that simple the american flag pin on the so, the thing is no better than the nickel. i'm just standing there with a tiny little american flag on my lapel minding my own business announcing in the quietest most resurgent way possible that i'm grateful to live in the united states of america. that's all. gratitude for the sacrifices of my forebears. gratitude for the opportunity this country a force. gratitude for the men and women who served to fight in the military probably. gratitude for being a part of this amazing, ennobling experience representative dem
and not to were the president obama came around. that pain he stopped when because it didn't really show what was in his heart, he is now wearing near his heart today just about every day. it's one of those cheesy things you just have to do as president i guess. when he returns to civilian life, soon i hope rather than later -- [applause] i think, i suspect you think he will like most is ditching that a knowing little pin once and for all. maybe he could replace nations flag pin. that simple...
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believe president obama, given my different personality from president johnson's, what do you think i would have to do in order to affect congress with some of the same powers that president johnson did. >> guest: well, that's a good question. let me say, first, that i wouldn't really answer it because what i learned in doing these books is you don't really know what's happens behind the scenes unless you do the research on it, and i have not done the research on this. the second thing, you know, i would like to say i think president obama has some achievements with congress that he's not giving enough credit for. i think when history looks back, says that 30-plus million people ran into the health insurance rolls through his health insurance bill, that's going to be quite a change, quite a, you know, martin luther king said the moral law of the universe bends slowly, but it bends towards justice. eng there was a bending towards justice. there are things wrong with the health care bill, but you know what johnson would have said? he said that about the civil rights bill, a flawed bil
believe president obama, given my different personality from president johnson's, what do you think i would have to do in order to affect congress with some of the same powers that president johnson did. >> guest: well, that's a good question. let me say, first, that i wouldn't really answer it because what i learned in doing these books is you don't really know what's happens behind the scenes unless you do the research on it, and i have not done the research on this. the second thing,...
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said in, any march, before but on the freedom rides in 1961 committee saying that the president barack obama was born, we studied, we prepared ourselves. i came to washington d.c. the first time in may of 1961. 13 of us, blacks and whites, preparing to go on the freedom ride. we met greater washington d.c. 21 years old at all of my hair and was a few pounds lighter. [laughter] restudy, we prepared ourselves. to name a third, 1961, we went down to a chinese restaurant rate here in washington d.c. for a meal. growing up in rural alabama come to school in nashville, i've never been to a chinese restaurant, never had the food. but the night of may 3rd, someone said you should eat while because this may be like the last supper. i'm a forthcoming 1961, reported a greyhound bus and traveled from washington to virginia. we arrived in a little town called redfield, south carolina. we were attacked and beaten and left bloody. one of the same young men attacked and beat me in my seat may came to my office in february 09 and said mr. lewis, i'm one of the people that attacked and beat you. i want to apo
said in, any march, before but on the freedom rides in 1961 committee saying that the president barack obama was born, we studied, we prepared ourselves. i came to washington d.c. the first time in may of 1961. 13 of us, blacks and whites, preparing to go on the freedom ride. we met greater washington d.c. 21 years old at all of my hair and was a few pounds lighter. [laughter] restudy, we prepared ourselves. to name a third, 1961, we went down to a chinese restaurant rate here in washington...
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one thing i'm talking about is obama. the difference between obama and mitt romney in 2012. the lot of progressives i work with on the left--not way left. i would go so far as to say occupied. very anti obama. there was that piece about how -- whatever. my question to you is this 2012 election coming up if mitt romney gets elected my work as an organizer will be more difficult. i am wondering and i can explain that if you like. i am wondering where you stand on the 2012 election. >> i don't feel it is my job to go around and encourage people to vote one way or the other. i think everybody has to vote their conscience and vote about the issues most near and dear to you. i could not vote for obama given what i know and i spent a year talking to victim families and i can't do it. i will vote for the green party candidate. but i understand people have all kinds of issues that are important to them and you have to make a list of those issues and who would be the best possible candidate based on those issues. we are not given enough choices. we have a two party system that is so l
one thing i'm talking about is obama. the difference between obama and mitt romney in 2012. the lot of progressives i work with on the left--not way left. i would go so far as to say occupied. very anti obama. there was that piece about how -- whatever. my question to you is this 2012 election coming up if mitt romney gets elected my work as an organizer will be more difficult. i am wondering and i can explain that if you like. i am wondering where you stand on the 2012 election. >> i...
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barack obama is the candidate in 2008. said of the constitution it has worked pretty well for 200 years. among others things the complaisant assurance by the first african-american president requires overlooking a brutal civil war that lasted four years and killed 750,000 people. a war that i am sure many of you experience as having occurred between semesters, when the first semester of american history that you might have taken concluded in 1860 and picked up again perhaps in 1868 or 1877. this is the way american constitutional law is tops. it appears by magic in constitutional courses with literally almost no time spent on how we got either the thirteenth or the fourteenth amendment which is much closer to chairman mao's notion that howard including constitutional power grows out of the barrel of a gun than it could be understood simply in the model of the 1787 constitution that would suggest any amendments would come through a nice, calm and peaceful article 5 process where we deliberate on what would make us better an
barack obama is the candidate in 2008. said of the constitution it has worked pretty well for 200 years. among others things the complaisant assurance by the first african-american president requires overlooking a brutal civil war that lasted four years and killed 750,000 people. a war that i am sure many of you experience as having occurred between semesters, when the first semester of american history that you might have taken concluded in 1860 and picked up again perhaps in 1868 or 1877....
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it details the relationship between the obama administration and the supreme court. at nine eastern, the most recent "after words" interview, saucer eisenberg talks about the political campaign. his book is the victory lap. the secret science of winning campaigns. .. but, maybe i should start by orienting people to what the school book is. it's part of a series that oxford publishes called a very short introduction and they are short, they have about 300 titles, and they asked me to do a supreme court title. i guess about three years ago and the book cannot this spring. it came out on the eve of the health care decision. so, who knew three years ago that we would be faced with a supreme court dealing with the most closely watched and maybe one of the most contentious case in many many years, and i would be happy -- the book doesn't say anything about the health care case, so in the q&a, i would be happy to share some conversations about that with you. but i thought i would step back and give a little bit of my take on how the court has gotten to where it is, not so m
it details the relationship between the obama administration and the supreme court. at nine eastern, the most recent "after words" interview, saucer eisenberg talks about the political campaign. his book is the victory lap. the secret science of winning campaigns. .. but, maybe i should start by orienting people to what the school book is. it's part of a series that oxford publishes called a very short introduction and they are short, they have about 300 titles, and they asked me to...
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have voted for obama last time and i will this time. banality other gatherings is the choice. the republican party has become an instrument of reactionary -- the worst kind of reactionary politics. it's not so much about bit runny whatever your judgment about whether he's good, bad, whenever . think about this. with the elimination of the liberal republican tradition within the republican party, the people that mitt romney is going to bring into the white house and in to the agency's are from a pool of reactionary activists. financial lunatics in some way. the current tax fight, they are defending tax cuts for the top 1%. just unbelievable. if you want to look into a future with a run the victory, that's it. i'm a democrat, but i did not it appeared it a lie the. i think, and i argue in my book will understand the central economic problem and propose investment programs and things of that sort. not nearly enough to solve the problem. republicans and looking. either way will we can see is a dour sloping curve for american living standards . i think the last four years just demo
have voted for obama last time and i will this time. banality other gatherings is the choice. the republican party has become an instrument of reactionary -- the worst kind of reactionary politics. it's not so much about bit runny whatever your judgment about whether he's good, bad, whenever . think about this. with the elimination of the liberal republican tradition within the republican party, the people that mitt romney is going to bring into the white house and in to the agency's are from a...
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rick ginsburg is a great fan of president obama, and i do think that she will leave probably in obama's third year. she is 79 years old. she often says she wants to serve until she is 82 years old. that is one her idol served until. you know, she's a human being. she is a widow. she loves what she does and she's got it and she has the brains and the health to do it. she is particularly enamored of her new colleague, elena kagan, and her choice is to be the singer liberal on the supreme court,. >> so i think that she is going to be okay. [laughter] if obama is reelected and it is looking that way, i was not pandering, but i was making another one of our excellent productions. i don't think any of the conservatives will leave voluntarily. that is starting to be a pretty old court in justice kennedy and justice leah -- they are both 70 sixer sold. you know, you don't always get choice. i think that if romney wins, ruth bader ginsburg will try to hold on for the next four years. if obama wins, kennedy and scalia will try to hold on, but you never know what'll happen. >> can you speculate wh
rick ginsburg is a great fan of president obama, and i do think that she will leave probably in obama's third year. she is 79 years old. she often says she wants to serve until she is 82 years old. that is one her idol served until. you know, she's a human being. she is a widow. she loves what she does and she's got it and she has the brains and the health to do it. she is particularly enamored of her new colleague, elena kagan, and her choice is to be the singer liberal on the supreme court,....
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that the barack obama bothered no one in the mainstream media. he a rÉsume reed thin with double space and extra large fontd it could barely take up a page. [laughter] [applause] >> and my cracker jack research team got their hands on that document on barack obama's rÉsume. back in 2007, when he was looking to ditch the senate gig and move up in life. let me read a little bit for you. objective leader of the free world. experience, 2005, 2007 u.s. senator. in the job description he wrote, talked a lot, voted wrong a lot. 1997, 2004, illinois state senator. he wrote in the job he talked a lot and voted present a lot. 1990, 1997 university of chicago and other places what he wrote for other employers and listed the jobs as constitutional law professor. he described the work this way, talked a lot, wrote a memoir about my identity crisis. he was sketchy about the years 1985 to 1987 it was hard to remember whom he worked for hep. he was a commune i can organizationer. trained people to organize, organized. for education he listed colombia universit
that the barack obama bothered no one in the mainstream media. he a rÉsume reed thin with double space and extra large fontd it could barely take up a page. [laughter] [applause] >> and my cracker jack research team got their hands on that document on barack obama's rÉsume. back in 2007, when he was looking to ditch the senate gig and move up in life. let me read a little bit for you. objective leader of the free world. experience, 2005, 2007 u.s. senator. in the job description he...
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certainly, you mentioned obama's outreach, and i think he did find an outreach. when he did, nancy pelosi said no, we won the election. it is kind of you know, it's kind of hard. some people are saying totally outrageous and nasty things. what we have to do is break it down where people like that can sit down together and say, what is good for the country and not how i can score political points. .. so, i agree with you. i think we need to get past that. we need to get past government is a problem in some areas. government is the solution in seven areas. >> thank you. >> at evening, steve. >> and steve hammock in the chair of constitution project. and you have two ideas in here which i want to talk about because they both appear to me to be unconstitutional. last night the first is that you say we should allow campaign constitutions only from a candidate whose constituents, nobody else. >> i didn't quite say that, but go ahead. >> actually give me a copy of this chat there. and then you say we would be well served by a broad mandate and that for purposes of campa
certainly, you mentioned obama's outreach, and i think he did find an outreach. when he did, nancy pelosi said no, we won the election. it is kind of you know, it's kind of hard. some people are saying totally outrageous and nasty things. what we have to do is break it down where people like that can sit down together and say, what is good for the country and not how i can score political points. .. so, i agree with you. i think we need to get past that. we need to get past government is a...
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president obama had a bus tour just last week. they will be back in ohio. we will see more campaign ads in ohio than people in most states will see to the point that people will be sick and tired of seeing them. columbus, the market we're in right now, had the highest degree of political advertising two weeks ago than any place in the country. it was june. it's really going to be a place that both candidates court. and almost always have. well, particularly, after the civil war, it was a place that harbored sympathizers and northern sympathizers. there's a bunch of counties south of us here in columbus that were counties called the virginia military district. after the revolutionary war, officers in the revolutionary army who didn't get paid were given land in ohio. ohio was part of the west, of course, at that time. they moved out here. they sort of carried with them their culture and their background. they came from the a slave owning state. they didn't bring slaves with them into ohio, but they were sthettic -- sympathetic to the culture. it settled from
president obama had a bus tour just last week. they will be back in ohio. we will see more campaign ads in ohio than people in most states will see to the point that people will be sick and tired of seeing them. columbus, the market we're in right now, had the highest degree of political advertising two weeks ago than any place in the country. it was june. it's really going to be a place that both candidates court. and almost always have. well, particularly, after the civil war, it was a place...
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president obama says 28, mitt romney says 25. if lowering moderate tax rates is good because of the incentive effect, aren't they good for individuals? i think we start having that dialogue, because there's a commonality on the corporate rate, we might see something happen 2013 regardless of who's elected. that's a wedge to start the discussion on tax reform in general. and you mentioned the 1.5 trillion sort of deficit each year. for those new york times columnists who think that the stimulus bill we put forward wasn't big enough, $1.5 trillion of extra spending a year, isn't that stimulus right there? how has that worked for us? >> you know, in any discussion about economics, you quickly get to a chart, and can we didn't treat you to any of the charts tonight, but i will mention one in answering this question. we had robert lucas do a chapter, and he had, you know, a very fascinating chart. he put on a line that says, you know, here's average gdp growth in the united states, and you can run this line back almost 100 years. it's
president obama says 28, mitt romney says 25. if lowering moderate tax rates is good because of the incentive effect, aren't they good for individuals? i think we start having that dialogue, because there's a commonality on the corporate rate, we might see something happen 2013 regardless of who's elected. that's a wedge to start the discussion on tax reform in general. and you mentioned the 1.5 trillion sort of deficit each year. for those new york times columnists who think that the stimulus...
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not even barack obama himself. this is the quintessential obama story and nobody knows it. this doesn't directly answer your question but this idea of success is written now. religiously forgotten. that is the only explanation why this story is not known or why nobody knows the story of beverly snow. are we condemned to repeat it? the obama experience tells you these continuities run very deep. the backlash against obama is beverly snow. obama is the president. he is not running a restaurant. haven't changed that much. >> beyond the scope of the book but was there any organized or mobilized response from the black community at the time? was it basically everybody running and hiding? >> isaac harry who was a barber and properly -- probably beverly snow's best friend, filed a crackdown on black business after this happened. herbert leave the white authority, the response was to crack down black business and the night blacks the right to own licenses to in his case selling perfume in a barbershop and wanted to keep license to sell perfume and he won that case. the riot was ver
not even barack obama himself. this is the quintessential obama story and nobody knows it. this doesn't directly answer your question but this idea of success is written now. religiously forgotten. that is the only explanation why this story is not known or why nobody knows the story of beverly snow. are we condemned to repeat it? the obama experience tells you these continuities run very deep. the backlash against obama is beverly snow. obama is the president. he is not running a restaurant....
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obamse join me in welcoming the man behind not always, barack obama. [cheers]thank yo [applause] [cheers] [applause] >> thank you, thank you. thank you. thank you very much.. [cheers]ppreciate it [applause] thank you, i appreciate it. thank you very much. thank you so much. but i know that i made a speech tha] there are no red states and blue states, but i suspect that thisc state is kind of blue looking at the crowd out here tonight. what a magnificent turnout. i am so grateful to all of you f escially in he time out of your day to travel here, especially in new york traffic, which i just breathed myself. much smler when the book first came out in, i had a much smaller reception.e this is one of the stuff that is made, and it is wonderful to be ack, close to 10 years later, and to also see how things have. grown.'m going too i i am very grateful to all of you for being here. what i'm going to do is spend an few minutes talking a little biy about my perspective, asampaigna expressed not only in thend boo, but also in the campaign and how those things c
obamse join me in welcoming the man behind not always, barack obama. [cheers]thank yo [applause] [cheers] [applause] >> thank you, thank you. thank you. thank you very much.. [cheers]ppreciate it [applause] thank you, i appreciate it. thank you very much. thank you so much. but i know that i made a speech tha] there are no red states and blue states, but i suspect that thisc state is kind of blue looking at the crowd out here tonight. what a magnificent turnout. i am so grateful to all of...
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[laughter] [laughter] in any case, here is born barack obama, president obama. biracial, kenyan father and white mother. in hawaii. in one sense, you might say that that is the luckiest place in the united states he could have been born. hawaii is a multiracial place full of water called half-and-half, the native term. japanese, chinese, hawaiian, anglo, everybody is some form of that. one of barack obama's friends in high school, his friend was tom told -- he was actually chinese. he was born african american by birth. very few there were connected to the military bases in honolulu. in one sense, from the day he was born, he had to deal with racial america, but in another sense he had no cultural acclamation to that. he was living with his mother and his grandparents at various points in his life from that point, for the next 20 years of his life, really, is a search for self identity, which is the second half of my book. how he figured himself out. he is only six years old when his mother, after divorcing barack obama senior, with whom she never really lived,
[laughter] [laughter] in any case, here is born barack obama, president obama. biracial, kenyan father and white mother. in hawaii. in one sense, you might say that that is the luckiest place in the united states he could have been born. hawaii is a multiracial place full of water called half-and-half, the native term. japanese, chinese, hawaiian, anglo, everybody is some form of that. one of barack obama's friends in high school, his friend was tom told -- he was actually chinese. he was born...
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who would bought barack obama would be standard bearer? it could be somebody weird not even thinking of. i have a hard time thinking of the name because it strikes me we see women who were part of second wave feminism, i tried to make a statement, reach that point* where they are retiring although it did not stop john mccain. how women politically age there was a gap between that generation and a new group coming up. also and nikki haley. she has managed south carolina barry well. the advantage of ethnicity bringing diversity to the republican party one could argue it needs diversity. >> we all looked at one another when bill asked the question. the pipeline is a little thin. susanna marty thence the governor of the mexico that we tend to reelect more governors and members of congress i think that is the pipeline very articulate -- particulate but give her six years and has potential. and elizabeth warren sheet is is elected there are a couple. we just need to get more women elected. research that has been done that says to make any kind o
who would bought barack obama would be standard bearer? it could be somebody weird not even thinking of. i have a hard time thinking of the name because it strikes me we see women who were part of second wave feminism, i tried to make a statement, reach that point* where they are retiring although it did not stop john mccain. how women politically age there was a gap between that generation and a new group coming up. also and nikki haley. she has managed south carolina barry well. the advantage...
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kill or capture by daniel klandman, this follows the obama administration as far as what they're doing in iraq and afghanistan, how their policies are being pursued and shows a side of the president which indicates that his policies are not that different in many cases from president bush's. also peter bergin's book, the hunt for bin laden, which i'm really just starting now. it details the ten-year manhunt for bin laden which, of course, ended very successfully last may when he was killed. and then dr. johnson who's been a witness before on my committee has a book called a battle for the soul of islam which is an american muslim's attempt to focus american muslims on the war against al-qaeda, against islamic extremism. and can then another book which is world affairs, it's berlin 1961 by frederick frederick kemi was in college at that time, and it describes the behind-the-scenes destruction of the berlin wall -- construction of the berlin wall, and it's interesting to compare those times with what's happening today. and finally, a complicated man, a history of bill clinton. i was ment
kill or capture by daniel klandman, this follows the obama administration as far as what they're doing in iraq and afghanistan, how their policies are being pursued and shows a side of the president which indicates that his policies are not that different in many cases from president bush's. also peter bergin's book, the hunt for bin laden, which i'm really just starting now. it details the ten-year manhunt for bin laden which, of course, ended very successfully last may when he was killed. and...
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and let's start with a hate directed against obama. first, i've got to say i think criticism of any african president is fair game. i'm part of the white house press corps. i go to the white house every day. i would've been there today if i were coming down here, and everyday in front of the white house, pennsylvania avenue, there's a crowd of people protesting something. and i love the. i always make a point of checking out what they're for come with the issue of the day is. it's a very healthy part of our democracy. and criticism of the president of courses been around for a long time. if you want to go back to the ugliest presidential campaign history you can't go back to 1800 john adams and thomas jefferson, the things that were said particularly by their followers. but with president obama, it's been -- attacks not on his policy so much as on him as a person. we haven't seen that i do believe and i went back and did a lot of research in presidential campaigns, presidential history, we haven't seen that directed that, that severe a
and let's start with a hate directed against obama. first, i've got to say i think criticism of any african president is fair game. i'm part of the white house press corps. i go to the white house every day. i would've been there today if i were coming down here, and everyday in front of the white house, pennsylvania avenue, there's a crowd of people protesting something. and i love the. i always make a point of checking out what they're for come with the issue of the day is. it's a very...
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in one other tale i recount in the book, we had some real serious infighting between president obama's own national security team and senior people at the state department over the whole question of, was it wise to try to broach potential piece take the taliban? and we wound up spending 18 months fighting with one another in washington as opposed to uniting in common purpose to try to achieve the president's goal in the country. >> host: who is summer koy. >> guest: she is a young american woman who -- there she is on the bottom right there -- who has extensive foreign development experience and put her hand up to go to a afghanistan to try to rebuild the country to work for the u.s. agency for international development, and the south she'd be out there, able to work with afghanses, trying to pursue projects that would be helpful to the afghan people and support the overall american strategy for trying to stabilize the country. the problem was that when she got out to kabul. she was essentially a prisoner on the giant u.s. embassy compound. she couldn't get authorization to drive out a
in one other tale i recount in the book, we had some real serious infighting between president obama's own national security team and senior people at the state department over the whole question of, was it wise to try to broach potential piece take the taliban? and we wound up spending 18 months fighting with one another in washington as opposed to uniting in common purpose to try to achieve the president's goal in the country. >> host: who is summer koy. >> guest: she is a young...
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president obama had a bus tour just last week. they will be back in ohio. we will see more campaign ads in ohio than people in most states will see to the point that people will be sick and tired of seeing them. columbus, the market that we are in right now had the highest degree of political life advertising two weeks ago than anyplace in the country into was june so it is really going to be a place that both candidates court and almost always have. well, particularly after the civil war it was a place that harbored of the southern sympathizers the end of the northern sympathizers. there are a bunch of counties to the south of us that are in columbus between here and cincinnati that were counties that were called the virginia military district. after the revolutionary war the officers and revolutionary army were given land in ohio the was part of the west of course in that time. they moved out here carry in their culture in the background of the company's light voting stake they didn't bring slaves with them. in ohio. but they were sympathetic to that cult
president obama had a bus tour just last week. they will be back in ohio. we will see more campaign ads in ohio than people in most states will see to the point that people will be sick and tired of seeing them. columbus, the market that we are in right now had the highest degree of political life advertising two weeks ago than anyplace in the country into was june so it is really going to be a place that both candidates court and almost always have. well, particularly after the civil war it...
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support, obama would get the credit. and he would be waltzing to, you know, a piece of cake re-election. so i do think, and there's actually a third problem that should be mentioned. peter orszag, the former head of the budget bureau, wrote an op-ed in "the new york times"es saying, basically, contra my own instincts, the problem with the united states is there's too much democracy. we can't get anything done if we actually try to do it through elections and democratic procedures, what we need are ever more expert commissions that will make decisions for us. now, maybe that's true. but it should be recognized that if that is the solution to our problems, then we should stop prattling to other countries around the world that what they need is more democracy because, in fact, we would have come to the conclusion that democracy doesn't really work. >> sandy, i really welcome this. i think my understanding is that the time of the federalist papers in our constitution, 1787 and so forth, grew out of a lot of studies of the co
support, obama would get the credit. and he would be waltzing to, you know, a piece of cake re-election. so i do think, and there's actually a third problem that should be mentioned. peter orszag, the former head of the budget bureau, wrote an op-ed in "the new york times"es saying, basically, contra my own instincts, the problem with the united states is there's too much democracy. we can't get anything done if we actually try to do it through elections and democratic procedures,...
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not even barack obama himself. this is like the quintessential obama story, and nobody knows it. and i think, to me, i don't know if this is, doesn't directly answer your question, but this idea of, you know, just black success is just like written out of history. it's just, it's sort of religiously forgotten. and, i mean, the only way -- that's my only explanation for why this story is not known, why nobody knows the story of beverly snow or the riot of 1835. with -- are we condemned to repeat it? well, i think the obama experience tells you that, you know, these continuities run very deep, you know in and the backlash against obama i think is akin to the backlash against beverly snow. obama's the president, he's not country's in better shape, but the underlying dynamics are >> kind of beyond the scope of the book, but, um, was there any sort of organized or vocalized response from the black commitment itself in washington at the time? was it, basically, everybody run and hide? >> no, there was. in fact, isaac kerry, who was the barber, probably beverly next to the restaurant, t
not even barack obama himself. this is like the quintessential obama story, and nobody knows it. and i think, to me, i don't know if this is, doesn't directly answer your question, but this idea of, you know, just black success is just like written out of history. it's just, it's sort of religiously forgotten. and, i mean, the only way -- that's my only explanation for why this story is not known, why nobody knows the story of beverly snow or the riot of 1835. with -- are we condemned to repeat...
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not even barack obama knows. this is the quintessential barack obama story. nobody knows it. this doesn't directly answer your question, but the idea of joseph, it is just like written out of history. black history is sort of religiously forgotten. that is my only explanation for why this story was not known. when nobody knows the story of the riot of 18%. are we condemned to repeat it? experience tells us that these continuities run very deep. you know? the backlash against obama i think is very akin to the fact backlash of beverly snow. i don't see any other way to yeah, i think the country is in better shape. but the underlying dynamic is still there. >> kind of beyond the scope of the book, but was there any sort of organized or vocalized response from the black community in washington dc at the time? >> where basically everyone runs and hides? there was. in fact, isaac cary, who is a blogger, probably beverly snow's best friend, had a barbershop next to the restaurant. he filed a lawsuit, because there was a crackdown on black businesses after all this happened. perverse
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city, any march, before we went on the freedom rides in 1961 with the same year that president barack obama was born, we studied. we prepared ourselves. i came to washington, d.c. if the first time in 1961. first of us, black-and-white preparing to go on the freedom ride. we met right here in washington, d.c.. 21-years-old i had all of my hair and was a few pounds lighter. [laughter] we studied and prepare ourselves. the night of may 3rd, 1961, we went down to the chinese restaurant right here in washington, d.c. for a meal. growing up in rural alabama and attending school in man's real i'd never been to the restaurant, never had the food but that that night someone said you should eat well because this may be like last supper. may 4th, 1961 we boarded a screen helm the bus, some boarded the trade training and travel from washington through virginia, the liner, we arrived in a little town and we were tight and beaten and left bloody but one of the same young men that attacked and beat me and my seatmate came to my office and should be wary of 09 and said mr. lewis, i'm one of the people tha
city, any march, before we went on the freedom rides in 1961 with the same year that president barack obama was born, we studied. we prepared ourselves. i came to washington, d.c. if the first time in 1961. first of us, black-and-white preparing to go on the freedom ride. we met right here in washington, d.c.. 21-years-old i had all of my hair and was a few pounds lighter. [laughter] we studied and prepare ourselves. the night of may 3rd, 1961, we went down to the chinese restaurant right here...
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into his 60s when he was running, so he did not have the energy of a richard nixon running in 1960 or obama running in 2008. so on. >> host: and, mrs. eisenhower, a lot's been written about your parents' relationship with the eisenhowers. how would you describe it? >> guest: well, i think that one of the things i enjoyed doing when i was working on the project of eisenhower's retirement years was to look at that relationship and to think about it more. and i'm amazed that eisenhower and nixon got along as well as they did because when you think about it, you have two presidents rumbling around together. now, a president is going to be someone who's very driven, he has an agenda, he has a vision, he knows where he's going, so you have dwight eisenhower, then you have richard nixon who at 39 becomes his vice president who already is showing signs that he's on his way. so the fact that they got along so well, i mean, as well as they did, i would say, i think is a testament to several things, but i think first of all eisenhower should be praised because eisenhower made the vice presidency signi
into his 60s when he was running, so he did not have the energy of a richard nixon running in 1960 or obama running in 2008. so on. >> host: and, mrs. eisenhower, a lot's been written about your parents' relationship with the eisenhowers. how would you describe it? >> guest: well, i think that one of the things i enjoyed doing when i was working on the project of eisenhower's retirement years was to look at that relationship and to think about it more. and i'm amazed that eisenhower...
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it was many years later i learn in an october of 2008 interview that then candidate barack obama who was asked about the new york thyme about the literary influences would name friedrich nietzche as one of them. he come in contact with nietzsche while an undergraduate at college. i could turn to popular music, again, nietzsche was there as an inspiration. from performers as diverse as marilyn manson. joe any michelle named her cat nietzsche and dedicatedded her 1990 song "man from mars" to him. they explained the nietzsche not the feeling nietzsche meant to her. quote, nietzsche was a hero especially. he gets a bad rap. it's misunderstood. he's a maker of individuals and he was a teacher of teachers, end quote. in case you think it's a curious fluke. turn on the radio to a top 40 station. you will hear kelly clarkson, "stronger" which the lyrics for "stronger" or nietzsche what doesn't kill me it makes me stronger. light rock is not your fair, you prefer rap you can listen for kanye west hit version "stronger" using the nietzsche. let's back up a bit. what was clear from the outside
it was many years later i learn in an october of 2008 interview that then candidate barack obama who was asked about the new york thyme about the literary influences would name friedrich nietzche as one of them. he come in contact with nietzsche while an undergraduate at college. i could turn to popular music, again, nietzsche was there as an inspiration. from performers as diverse as marilyn manson. joe any michelle named her cat nietzsche and dedicatedded her 1990 song "man from...
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as you can imagine there's quite a disparity in height between the queen and michelle obama come and they were standing at the reception for all of the g20 leaders and they were first of all they were sort of comparing their shoes, then they turned to the ladies that were waiting standing right over there and they started to sort of demonstrate how tall she was and how short she was and they quite naturally as they were showing and demonstrating this they put their arms around each other and is long been said you shouldn't touch the queen although many people have over the years and she's become much more relaxed about. they helped and wrote, shoulder but nobody took offense except the british tabloid press who decided to make a big deal out of it. but i talk to people that buckingham palace and the said everybody was in a good mood that day, and it was kind of in the spirit of how everybody felt. so nobody took offense. anything else? okay. thank you very much for coming. [applause] >> for more information visit the authors web site, sallybedellsmith.com. >>> up next on book tv davi
as you can imagine there's quite a disparity in height between the queen and michelle obama come and they were standing at the reception for all of the g20 leaders and they were first of all they were sort of comparing their shoes, then they turned to the ladies that were waiting standing right over there and they started to sort of demonstrate how tall she was and how short she was and they quite naturally as they were showing and demonstrating this they put their arms around each other and is...
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let's look at barack obama a character. he is the guy that is very public thank you to the experience. his entire place is that the law professors like turn, the committee table in the illinois statehouse during various meetings, but he's never the guy in the front of the room deciding, making the hard calls. he is various little management experience, suddenly he's in the most managerial job in the world. president of the united states, these are the free world is my question was how does he do it? odyssey make decisions? how does a cover? that's interesting too, but what is his leadership style? when i looked around for books about to dismiss the serious and sustained weight. >> you see this as a campaign document coming up close to the november election? >> guest: well, publishers do like the time for it when attention. most americans tune into politics around election time. that is more or less a happy accident. >> host: one of the things that surprised me and the surprise a lot of the leaders is all of your sources are
let's look at barack obama a character. he is the guy that is very public thank you to the experience. his entire place is that the law professors like turn, the committee table in the illinois statehouse during various meetings, but he's never the guy in the front of the room deciding, making the hard calls. he is various little management experience, suddenly he's in the most managerial job in the world. president of the united states, these are the free world is my question was how does he...
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even president obama says people clinging to gods and their guns, right? those of us are on the conservative side of the spectrum, i'm just really -- do you really think there isn't a substantive basis to the disagreement? i think, given that for the average voter may be the are not as involved in the particulars and their influence, people influence them, et cetera. is there a kind of core to this disagreement which is not rooted in fear, but something else? >> guest: one of the reasons i wanted to do this book with you, and we started talking about who to get to do this with, i thought you were a good person to do this. is because i wanted one of the best people on the other side to sort of lay out the arguments step-by-step. and you do that in the book, and each of us has our main essay, each of us has a rebuttal to as i explained in the rebuttal i don't think the arguments were. i don't think your arguments work. you don't take my word. so if i don't think the arguments work that i need some other explanation for why smart, thoughtful person like maggi
even president obama says people clinging to gods and their guns, right? those of us are on the conservative side of the spectrum, i'm just really -- do you really think there isn't a substantive basis to the disagreement? i think, given that for the average voter may be the are not as involved in the particulars and their influence, people influence them, et cetera. is there a kind of core to this disagreement which is not rooted in fear, but something else? >> guest: one of the reasons...
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>> guest: non obama -- i hope this is not too annoying. if you are a historian the idea is unlike current analysts you wade through 40 years and get the documents people did not see in real time and you know how the story turned out so you can and give essentially historical view with some retrospect which obviously we can't do with health care. the jury is out for historians on obama. what was your other question? >> host: bernie is gone. i thought he wanted to talk about presidential cowardice. >> guest: that is exactly right. the worst circle of hell should be reserved for a president who dodges the most important issues of his time and i think if you are trying to think of an example president buchanan would be at the top of the scale because the four years he tried to dodge the issue of slavery. didn't want to get involved or make himself unpopular and the results was when it came to a head in 1861 once abraham lincoln had the presidency the conflict over slavery was more violent and four years more intense than it would have been had
>> guest: non obama -- i hope this is not too annoying. if you are a historian the idea is unlike current analysts you wade through 40 years and get the documents people did not see in real time and you know how the story turned out so you can and give essentially historical view with some retrospect which obviously we can't do with health care. the jury is out for historians on obama. what was your other question? >> host: bernie is gone. i thought he wanted to talk about...
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on obama? >> guest: one thing, and i hope this is not too annoying, if you are a true historian, the idea is that unlike current analyst who wait 30 or 40 years and get the documents that people did not see in real-time and also know how the story turned out so that you could gain ahistorical view -- i was we can do that with health care yet. i think on obama, what was your other question? >> host: bernie is now gone. he wanted to talk about presidential cowardice. >> guest: oh, yes, that's right. in my mind, the worst circle of hell should be for a president of doctors the issues of the most important time. if you're trying to think of an example, i think president buchanan would regret the top of the scale. because for four years he tried to dodge the issue of slavery. he didn't want to get involved. he didn't want to make himself unpopular. the result was that when it really came to a head in 1861, once abraham lincoln had the presidency, the conflict over slavery was four years were violent
on obama? >> guest: one thing, and i hope this is not too annoying, if you are a true historian, the idea is that unlike current analyst who wait 30 or 40 years and get the documents that people did not see in real-time and also know how the story turned out so that you could gain ahistorical view -- i was we can do that with health care yet. i think on obama, what was your other question? >> host: bernie is now gone. he wanted to talk about presidential cowardice. >> guest:...
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afterwards we will once more see the crackerjack come painer -- campaigner that we all know barack obama can be. but, look, i think it was mario cuomo -- although maybe he was quoting somebody else -- who said that you campaign in poetry, and you govern in prose. there's no question that the president has been governing in the prose in the part because -- in part because, um f he says white, the republicans say black or vice versa. and, um, i think it's been frustrating for those of us who hoped that there would be some level of major change. having said that, what is it joe biden says at fundraisers? general motors is alive, and saddam hussein is dead. and he thinks that should be good enough for the american people, and if i were a wagering woman, i would say that it willl be. >> host: have you ever voted for a republican? >> guest: yes. mil sent fenwick in new jersey who was running -- [laughter] who was running, i think, in a primary. that's the only time i voted for a republican -- >> host: the little pipe. >> guest: yeah. she was really a piece of work. and if i lived in maine, i c
afterwards we will once more see the crackerjack come painer -- campaigner that we all know barack obama can be. but, look, i think it was mario cuomo -- although maybe he was quoting somebody else -- who said that you campaign in poetry, and you govern in prose. there's no question that the president has been governing in the prose in the part because -- in part because, um f he says white, the republicans say black or vice versa. and, um, i think it's been frustrating for those of us who...
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. >> host: tomorrow another presidential biographer we'll talk about his book, barack obama the story. we ask him if he had a question. he has to of them. >> you seem to have a remarkable capacity to maintain your excitement and curiosity about a single subject over a long period of time. have you found your excitement thank curiosity has increased rather than diminished? >> terrific question. yes. i regard the books not about lyndon johnson alone but political power and how it works. we need to understand how really works. to watch johnson used political power for someone who is interested you say that is fascinating. look at what he is doing now. >> host: the second question, have you been tempted to break off to do another book in between and was subject would that be? >> i have not been tempted to do that. i have been taking notes all along on what it is like to do these books. and moses would do anything he could to stop my book. and there is a story doing good johnson book. i hope after a finish the story of power. >> host: the next call comes from washington d.c. >> caller: mr.
. >> host: tomorrow another presidential biographer we'll talk about his book, barack obama the story. we ask him if he had a question. he has to of them. >> you seem to have a remarkable capacity to maintain your excitement and curiosity about a single subject over a long period of time. have you found your excitement thank curiosity has increased rather than diminished? >> terrific question. yes. i regard the books not about lyndon johnson alone but political power and how...